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From: Andrew Barton <AndrewBarton_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:33:42 -0400

> I mean, when you score a success, and your opponent does likewise,
the number used to determine who actually won. If one simply uses the die roll in the case of a bumped-up failure (or a double-bumped-up fumble) you'll invariably get a lousy success, which seems dubious, from both an intuitive and a statistical POV.

This was a problem with the system as it was at the time of the Convulsion playtests, where you had to score - -above- a target number to succeed. It sounds as though this has now been changed to the Pendragon mechanic of scoring your skill number or below. This makes more of a difference than appears at first sight, and the situation you mention is one of the reasons.

Andrew